islam is militant say more attacks on westerners land in response to the french intervention in mali the west past actions in libya are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. rock obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back democracy across the globe sparking concerns of america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office. and israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition is a widespread feeling out of the out of the set for your watch and has left many voters disenchanted with the system.

this is our take on him to lie for moscow with me marina joshie. al qaeda linked militants who claim to be behind a deadly hostage taking algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and americans were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by gerry and forces at the weekend of carrion officials say the militants used weapons gathered in another african state libya large stockpiles of arms were smuggled from there in the chaos that followed the western backed toppling of the qaddafi regime and authorities probably boyko now explains the recent surge of violence in africa comes as a consequence of western states previous involvement in the region so. very very

few wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by the libyan people of course. but a regional crisis probably wasn't what mischief tis a painted when he was spearheading the military operation to topple mama duffy although the former french president couldn't say that he hadn't been warned personally i play a significant role in establishing peace in those regions of africa should the situation in libya be unstable al qaida will establish its rule bin laden will return and libya will be another afghanistan the terrorists will flood to europe cut to paris and almost two years later mama gets out these words could well be ringing in the is over me when i sarkozy's successor francois hollande having just sent troops to mali france's new leader could well be learning that every action

has a reaction. sickness and not only do the french intervention in libya not help the democratic process which is what they said they were after but if that's if it opened up the floodgates for weapons stockpiles and fighters to leave the country and guns south of the border this is no more to mali where the recently deployed french military were reportedly stunned by the technologically advanced weapons that are in the hands of their adversaries nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups can come from somewhere other than mali it seems they came across a nearby libyan border libya is as i say central to all this problem because all the a lot of weapons it's been produced by the collapse of the darfur region but also by the complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially all talk rating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour a situation where people have arguments for vengeance of extenso bribery and corruption order grabs is common place gadhafi was bitter opponent all right it was

ahmed groups whatever his faults and they now have the ability to use the chaos in libya to provide the basis the first effects for immediate hostage crisis in algeria said to be in retaliation for the french offensive in mali has already claimed the lives of dozens of civilians taken captive and i'm frightened of terrorism this is always been a problem for france whether it's iraq or sarkozy this is just i'm french i was born here and live here my culture is french my origins are there and i was there is like another country telling me. you know we're scared of anything that threatens us. france's global allies are showing signs of being sucked into the mali conflict british prime minister david cameron has already acknowledged the fastenings radical insurgency in the region could take decades rather than months and all this so that france can remedy the knock on effects. from its libyan

intervention point ati paris. now a former u.k. ambassador until geria graeme hand told my colleague and he's now a that he believes britain the will continue its involvement in the north african dimension despite fears of being bogged down in the conflict i think the united kingdom will continue to support the french intervention what is britain's interests than. well i think britain's interest is in having stability on the on the if you like the southern flank of nato just across the mediterranean from from western europe. i don't accept these conspiracy theories about minerals i think it's really about knowing that we have we have stable neighbors stable neighbors but at the same time britain openly backs rebels who are known to have sort of attachments to al qaeda and other is islamist groups in syria.

yes yes well if i say the region and you're saying it was more of a geo political in terms of security and not resources so where then why yes in syria no in algeria in mali well i think it's a different story this is not. an al qaeda linked islam the stop arising in syria it's all been repeated who want a different life they want to be rid of a tyrant. aside in charge of them and the story in mali is completely different this is. a foreign intervention by the al-qaeda linked terrorists themselves this is not honest molly armstrong to change the government political analyst john locke on this doesn't agree with the former ambassador as assertion that there are no extremists among western backed rebels in syria and he says the west selective approach to which islam is forced to support has more to do with the geopolitical

interests. i greatly enjoyed the. discomfiture when you put him that question i mean he doesn't have an answer and the western governments do not have an answer to the question which is to say why do we support islamic or islamist rebels in syria and yet send troops into crushes in the midst rebels in mali there is no way of squaring the circle these are simply double standards for the by the same token why do we support last year the secession of south sudan but we suddenly send in troops to prevent the succession of north mali these are political decision we are taking political decisions on the basis of our political vision and our friends and enemies and that's the reason why we do one thing in syria and the other thing in mali and as for encouraging stability i mean that really does take the cookie to say that you know we have practically the whole of the middle east

including north africa in turmoil we have supported we the west have supported the great uprisings of the arab spring only to find that they the regimes they have produced have an important islamic element these conundrums wish the west has not sold them is not sold and it is on the contrary making matters worse the second time's the charm during his inauguration speech in washington president barack obama forcefully laid out the priorities for his second term in office and with a special stress on backing democracy around the world his pledges have already led to concerns of further u.s. involvement in foreign state parties ganesh account explains and his inaugural speech president obama sort of first spun it to those who have been wondering whether the u.s. will continue on the track of interventions here is what he said we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis rod for no one has a greater stake in

a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. we support democracy from asia to africa from the americas to the middle east because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom so from asia to africa from the americas to the middle east that pretty much covers the whole world so we could potentially see interventions by the united states pretty much anywhere and one wonders how different it is from george w. bush's speeches about advancing freedom and democracy in the world which the u.s. has been doing mainly with bombs but president obama's remarks do not come as a surprise to those who've been following his policies in the last four years which included the u.s. in gauging in undeclared war says three targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military prepays its presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china it's very interesting i've been listening to debase all kinds of panels in national media here about the future of u.s.

foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening where it can't that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and then that president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have been made and it seems there is a notion that as long as there are no u.s. boots on the ground as long as wars are fought either with a remote control or through proxies it's a success and it's not perceived as aggressive again president obama's hit and run style libya intervention which was touted as a success then the u.s. ambassador died and it became more difficult to brag about libya and ignored the mess that we be it turned into so very much seems like it's not about the

president's actions it's about perceptions president obama talks beautifully and smiles beautifully how could he be aggressive so perceptions are the reality of politics here. openly criticizing barack obama may get into a whole lot of trouble at a tea dot com we've got the story of how one scene with rapper was shown the door for delivering and diatribe against the american president. is decision time for israel with people across the country having to the polls in a snap parliamentary election but due to the limited time for campaigning and the

failure of the opposition to unite behind a single strong candidate prime minister netanyahu is victory seems a foregone conclusion are supposedly a reports on how a lack of change has left many israelis apathetic and this illusion by the state of democracy in their country. the countdown has begun but instead of scanning the papers to brush up on who's saying what in the final hours before his radio's head to the polls. is searching for an apartment the twenty eight year old is desperate to move out of his parents' home but times are tough and he blames the government right i'm not going to vote i see who are the candidates and there is no one standing who represents me or who can change the general mood in the country with a plan or the recent political jostling that's all candidates need from one party to another induced even more pessimism in people like musharraf who have lost trust in israeli politicians the union between bibi netanyahu and his foreign minister avigdor lieberman into biederman government the return of c.p.

leave me form opposition leader back into the fray just a few months after announcing her time and only frustrated and already eviction where we public many israelis don't believe that the present politicians and parties. have any really new solutions to the big problems facing israel security spirit economic. but among all the uncertainty one thing is certain for the disenchanted voters and i also feel like the outcome is pre-determined everyone knows not and you know who is going to win for them or the apathy based on the belief that netanyahu will almost certainly when has made expects to worry about the state of his way to democracy. there are some populations designing these really society if you take a certain sort of the ultra orthodox presenters that turns out to vote is very high it's above eighty on the other hand when you look at the middle class the youth and the arabs the presenters is around sixty. and those figures only help

netanyahu and his allies of course there are parties who are ready to oppose the government's policies one of their merits boasts that a vote for them is a secure vote against netanyahu and a leadership that will destroy israel first of all are is aleisha in the war will continue. there will be no solution to the palestinian problem and the konami and social gaps between rich and poor will get to march why they're in deeper such merits is expected to win only around five percent of the votes in a recalled field of fifty four parties that are running in these elections netanyahu is party is expected to get only about a quarter of the seats in the parliament but with other political forces being shattered into rival factions this is still going to be enough for him to continue in power the coalition effort on yahoo is expected to build would have a very slim majority but it would still give him the mandate he needs to map out

this country's next four years but the paradox of the selection is that the candidate say to win is not particularly liked by most of the country policia r.t. tel aviv. now the issue of israeli settlements on the west bank was among the most pressing ones during this election campaign but politics aside actor and director in iraq came were known for his prank videos decided to take an unorthodox look at the whole land expansion issue we'll talk to the author himself later in the day but here is a quick look at what you can expect later here on r.t. . i'm here with some investors from england. i'm here to show you blind mostly by poor producer you know and you know jewish boy. you know fixation a few basic two state solution to carry some of. those boats are so beautiful little us you know.

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welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow our travel chaos has taken over europe which remains paralyzed by snow and freezing temperatures it's been especially tough for the u.k. were hundreds of flights have been cancelled and rail and road networks have been brought to standstill artists are further reports from london. all across the united kingdom right now right phillip things like this like kid in london everywhere covered in this blanket is snow it was it looks absolutely beautiful it's being causing chaos around the country going on five thousand schools are being placed planes are being grounded the trains the being delayed as once again persons transport system creaks under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to commuters as we've been finding out. things with the person plans to hold whatever i think it's ridiculous other countries seem

to manage i think we should catch up with. a very good to see morning. once the whole absolutely thing about half a century around the place anyway so you know we have to travel to get the sources out of the way. but none of the person we see going home with us now. from rochester on. the train starts to take the train to some pancras. let me go from the underground to here i guess i'm going to go back about why but it's not just commuters of course being affected as the cold weather continues some economists are concerned that as people struggle to get into work on time with shops and restaurants having to close early that this could impact an already fragile economy and it looks like the cold weather is here to stay a little bit longer the met office a vitiated to their weather warning of course large parts of the culture looks like much of the chaos we've seen over the past couple of days but to continue here

proving once again that when it comes to britain a little bit of snow can cause a lot of trouble so if. london. but of surprise there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world twenty five protesters get arrested after trying to endure an air force base near the turkish city of adana where u.s. troops are sampling two patriot missile batteries to be deployed near the syrian border earlier the first of six patriotic batteries along with german troops arrived in the port city of iskandar and were protesters voiced their anger over ankara stance against damascus turkey has been a staunch critic of the assad regime and has openly supported the rebels. in syria itself rebels continue to target pro-government facilities with the latest suicide bombing having killed at least thirty people and left dozens wounded according to u.k. based watchdog the explosion went off outside the hat quarters of

a pro regime armed group in the western city of sell me i'm a blast was also reported in the damascus though the number of casualties remains unknown the incident follows the arab league statement that un efforts to and the conflict has failed to bring even a glimmer of hope a. pilot has been killed and three passengers injured after a helicopter crashed into a house in the brazilian city of some pow no one on the ground was hurt in the incident authorities are investigating what forced the aircraft down the city has one of the world's largest private fleets of helicopters used to avoid heavy traffic. and the employees of investment banking giant goldman sachs are in line for a bonus boost for a what's seen as profiting on a crisis surging prices of staple foods and growing shortages are proving to be a silver lining for bankers despite manny around the world being left to starve are just like here she explains. the employees of goldman sachs investment bank are in

for some happy times their salaries have reportedly been raised and almost half a million dollars worth of annual bonuses are to be paid out all because in twenty twelve the company made about four hundred million dollars from investing its clients' money in a range of products known as soft commodities such as weak and maize to coffee and sugar but what's good for bankers is damaging the global food situation say experts and many claim major investment players are contributing to a global food emergency the united nations has warned that the world could be on the brink of a major hunger crisis this year after poor harvests in the united states and ukraine food prices already surged last summer with cereals hitting a record high in september last year food cost sixteen percent higher than in twenty ten and more than twice as expensive as a decade ago even after adjusting for inflation with almost a billion people already starving such a forecast could make things catastrophic worse and the latest controversy with goldman sachs has once again we ignited the debate on what actually stands behind

the hike in food prices organizations like food watch say they are not the only ones financial players around the world to bear a large part of blame by investing astronomical sums of money into foodstuffs and speculating on the prices to make big profits in the last three years alone speculators have poured in as an extra hundred billion u.s. dollars into the sector and that is expected of driving prices even higher investment and central banks deny this saying futures trading is important for farmers and their bets have no effect yet the prices. bear scant resemblance to the natural growth in demand for food moreover they're already creating grounds for instability sparking protests and demonstrations for instance in several african countries including working faster in senegal bakers went on strike recently because of an eighty percent increase in the price of wheat so if this trend continues people will be unable to afford basic staple foods and if further harvest suffer too it's not hard to imagine the consequences for the world's hungry. well

later today max kaiser instated heard to expose more bankers who come out of dodgy deals looking squeaky clean. pretty carmen ortiz says stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar think this is how the administration her department of justice behaves towards jeremy hammond towards wiki leaks towards barrett brown towards environmentalists towards other activists however they have never let go the financial criminals are not obeying the rule of law or even the rule of the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're just acting out. and psychopaths and there are any time they get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules. wanted just a few minutes we'll take a look at how thirteen percent of americans can make up half the aids cases in the united states.

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a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. more news today violence is once again flared up the full these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a shelter old today. many in the black community have long memories and today have a clear distrust for government run health agencies part of what drives each of you know community to his or his torkel perspective is disenfranchisement just kiki is very very much aware of the knife in our communities we still have many communities our we're talking about and this is

a conspiracy the government wanted to kill soft so maybe we still have people who still have that mindset people don't like to think. that a government would make an effort to destroy people but black people have had a history. of tusky you syphilis experience that was carried on by the federal government for thirty years one thousand nine hundred to one thousand nine hundred seventy two and people said at that time this is a way to get rid of the black population so that's horrible to have to think about . and that kind of planning but we have an entire museum in washington d.c. called the holocaust memorial museum which ag maintain is the most important museum in the united states that everybody should go to that museum because it's not just about the death. six million people. it's about

a government of intelligent people deciding to get rid of a population. they thought was a country eminent. case adolf hitler use the term tear in german animal people sept eleventh. as he spoke about the soo much interviewer for the rich. so people don't think conspiracy theories conspiracy no doubt set up a conspiracy is when one segment makes a play and against the interest of another segment and the other segment doesn't know anything about it. and when it comes to matters of mental health and therapy.